Media Releases

“South Australians are being taken for fools by a Labor Government who thinks dodgy figures and implied promises will make up for their failure to deliver the National Broadband Network (NBN),” Opposition Senate Communications spokesman Simon Birmingham said today. ? It follows the Government’s announcement today of a new NBN fibre rollout plan designed…

South Australia’s Labor Government didn’t place enough importance on the future of the Murray to accept an invitation to embed staff with the Murray-Darling Basin Authority (MDBA), Coalition Basin spokesman Simon Birmingham said today. Offers from the Authority, including an offer to pay all costs, and refusals from the Labor State Government have…

The Gillard Government and alliance partners the Greens today turned their back on the solar hot water industry, Shadow Parliamentary Secretary for the Environment Simon Birmingham said today. Coalition efforts to reinstate the Solar Hot Water Rebate were today thwarted by Labor and Greens Senators voting against the Solar Hot Water Rebate Bill…

South Australians and other Australians will only be more worried about electricity prices as they climb even more steeply under Julia Gillard’s carbon tax, Shadow Parliamentary Secretary for the Environment Simon Birmingham said today His comments follow a poll showing that Australians are most concerned about electricity costs of all the major household…

Penny Wong has today joined Wayne Swan in turning a blind eye to the mounting evidence that the Treasury modelling of Labor’s carbon tax is based on completely flawed assumptions of the world carbon price. Page 29 of the Treasury document Strong Growth, Low Pollution  Modelling a Carbon Price states that “world…

The Coalition’s Murray-Darling Basin spokesman, Simon Birmingham, is urging South Australians to make their voices heard on the draft Basin Plan. A public meeting in Renmark this afternoon is the last such meeting scheduled in South Australia by the Murray-Darling Basin Authority before formal consultation ends next month on the proposed Basin Plan…

Australians deserve to know what the Prime Minister thinks about South Australia’s threatened High Court action over the Murray-Darling Basin Plan, Coalition Basin spokesman Simon Birmingham said today. Visiting Adelaide, Julia Gillard has today offered only platitudes about understanding South Australia’s frustration at being at the end of the river system and being…

South Australians should welcome the conclusion of a new TV deal that will keep local football on our TV screens, and back the broadcasts by tuning in. Today’s agreement on a new deal between the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) and South Australian National Football League (SANFL) is great news for our local game…

A requested $150 hike in electricity prices is only the first such hit, Shadow Parliamentary Secretary for the Environment Simon Birmingham warned today. South Australia’s largest energy retailer, AGL South Australia Pty Ltd, has written to the Essential Services Commission to seek approval for price rises  directly resulting from Julia Gillard’s carbon…

Hundreds of thousands of taxpayer dollars are going to promote the carbon tax to toddlers and union officials as part of Labor’s multi-million dollar carbon tax campaign, Shadow Parliamentary Secretary for the Environment Simon Birmingham said today. Under questioning from Senator Birmingham in Senate Estimates, the Department of Climate Change and Energy Efficiency…